Business It's funny, when I first began NLP, hardly anyone whom I had spoken to had heard about it. Yet 15 years on and nearly everyone I speak to has either heard of it, also been on a course, read something or knows someone who's done it. The only common factor between today and all those years ago is that people still call it something else i.e. NPL or MLP and still can't say the acronym (neuro-linguistic-programming)!
And then when you add a few more words like The NLP Practitioner
For something that during my time was seen as a cult, connections to some form of neo-religion, pop-psychology in addition to brain washing, it has not only stood the test of time but become popular and is just now entering the consumerist level.
So do we assume that for something to become popular it must have a bad name, be difficult to spell and pronounce and be related to some cultish movement? Let's put it into some perspective, many achievements have started in a similar way; there is a pattern to their success. What appears (and I use this term loosely and with the ambiguity implied) for something to be a success or a great achievement that the start seems at first to be greeted by the masses with absolute scepticism and distrust. Only a handful of people (the early adopters and mavericks) will see something of value to their needs, and they too, will be branded by the masses. "The outcasts have stepped forward!"
Adoption and then wider acceptance to everyday use goes through this cycle of distrust, dislike and scepticism to consideration then adoption by the wider public. The minority is now inside the camp of dislike, doubt and they are sceptical to the worth offered.
To be able to show this, think in terms of quite a few now famed artists or perhaps singers, similar to Queen, David Bowie, Madonna, The Spice Girls, go back even as far as Amadeus Mozart. The particular pattern is similar. Most likely it is possible to bring to mind other ideas. Take a look at business, early adoption was initially slow with Microsoft's DoS products and only seriously grew to be successful following on from the Windows 95 Launch (windows 3.1 was still successful although not as much as 95). Their original product hasn't been considered to be useful or perhaps relevant outside of the business market place - International Business Machines 'IBM' to whom it had been formerly created for.
Our charming car went through a similar transition and also adoption. Just what else would you think of?
The appealing point here is, during what level really does a product or service, technology, piece of entertainment etcetera reach critical mass and become widely used? In NLP this is what most people look for to change behaviours. In truth it is also what happens when behaviours do change. You will find there's a point where the mass gets to be critical and the behaviour switches and changes.
Source: quickpua.blogspot.com
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